Use this task to provide a summary of the WebSphere® Application
Server extensions that you can use to develop servlets.
About this task
Several WebSphere Application Server extensions
are provided for enhancing your servlets. This task provides a summary
of the extensions that you can utilize.
Procedure
- Review
the supported specifications.
Create Java components,
referring to the Servlet specifications
from Sun Microsystems.
The application server includes its own
packages that extend and add to the Java Servlet
Application Programming Interface (API). These extensions and additions
make it easier to manage session states, create personalized Web
pages, generate better servlet error reports, and access databases.
Locate the API documentation for the application server APIs in the install_root\web\apidocs app_server_root/web/apidocs directory
for the default installation. All of the public Application Server
APIs are located in the com.ibm.websphere packages,
however, com.ibm.websphere.servlet package is specific to the product
servlet APIs.
- Use your favorite integrated
development environment (IDE),
or a text editor, to develop or migrate code artifacts that meet
the specifications.
- Test the code artifacts.
What to do next
Assemble your code artifacts into a web
module using assembly
tools as a prerequisite to deploying the code to the application server.